The French fell back, but return ed again to the attack—At this mo ment a sluice was opened, which had the delired effedt—upwards of rooo of the enemy were killed by the fire of the Syren, the spirit and vi gour of the garrifpn, and the effetft of the inundation. Dumourier found it in vain to persist. He abandoned his works, and retired to the dis tance of a league, up to tiie middle in water. Hague, March 4. An account has been received of a complete vic tory gained over the French at Venlo, by Prince Frederick of Brunfvrick. The circumltances of this action are not yet accurately detailed; but it is laid that IJOO Frenchmen are taken pri (oners, with 22 pieces of cannon. The siege of Maeilricht is raised. The tide of the affairs of France begins to change. The immense force of the empire begins to get iu motion, and its weight will be found irrefiftable. Dnmourier has withdrawn bim fell'from before Williamftadc ; it is conjectured, fn consequence of tlie news of 2 iucb iignal defeats as his colleagues have experienced- Me has retired to the diflrance of a league from that fortrefs. If he is not expeditious in retreating out of the Dutch territory.it is more than probable that his retreat will be en tw-eJy for the vi<ftoriousarr hiies of Clairfair, & tlie two princes above named, will pour in upon him and surround him. The effect this intelligence has had in Holland, is inconceivable.— The people befoi'6 were calmly de termined to facrifice their lives for their country, now they look for ward to victory and revenge, for the unprovoked aggrefiion of the French, and the evils which it has ■brought upon a part of their coun try. Dover, March 8. A perfonjuft iriivcd from Kindling, and who left that place yesterday, afleris it for a truth, that Breda has been retaken by the Dutch and Prussian troops. Harwich, March 8. Mr.SyNef ter, one of his Majesty's nieflengers, ariived express tins morning by the Prince of Orange Packet, from Hel voetflnys. In confequonce of Gen. CJairfait's .narching for ibe relief of Maef tricht, the French have raised the liege of that important fortrefs. A report prevailed in Holland previous to the failing of the Prince of Orange Packet, that the Prufiians liad taken ioq pieces of cannon, and o large supply of ammunition that were on the toad for the supply of Dumourier's array ; and further, that the Duke of Brunfwick had had an engagement with the French, and totally defeated them ; in con- Sequence of which between three and four thousand were taken pri soners, and left dead in the field. The Auft i ians had attacked a bo dy of't'rench, detached across tlie Meui'e to keep Jnliers in c,heck ; upwards of 2000 were killed or ta ken priloners, and the whole de tachment put to the route, Miranda, in his retreat to Rure monde, loft 8 pieces of cannon. Prince Frederick of Pruflia had attacked Ruremonde,and hada com plete victory, by which that impor tant port had come into the hands of ilie Auftrians. Gertrtiydenberg has furrendev-ed to the French, after 3 days bom bardment, on ihe fame terms as Breda. The Prince de Cobourg has fuc cefsfully attacked ihe French at •Aix la Chapelle, who after a vigo rous refinance, in which 4000 men were killed, and i,600 taken priso ners, were obliged to evacuate that place, and leave behind them 120 pieies of cannon, and a great quan tity of military (tores. In addition to the foreign news alreadj detailed, we have to state, that Gen. Beaolieu was marching to the attack of Liege, and that the rench were in t he utmost confulion. The Stpdtholder has given the command tif the naval force to Ad niiral Koningfbergen ; and ftomihe stSivity which prevails,it is probable Duniourier will not advance further into the coujitrv, Domestic Articles. KNOXVILLK, Mjrcli 9- We learn, the repaid o.i'jred by the Presi dent of the United States for apprehending the leader of the party who destroyed the Che rokee town of Teuchtotee, has induced some perfoiK to apprehend David M'Gloifcy, ofTu ge1o ? in Georgia. On his being apprehended, and uritl! his arrival at Augiifta,beqonhdeieii it as a trivial affair; but upon '.lis arrival there, the officers of government had MiU confined in heavy irons, and froth thence tent to Savannah, to be tried before the federal court. 011 Wednesday "last the Hanging Maw vifis - the encampment of the federal troop 3, commanded by M. Rickard,on. which occaliqn a federal salute was fired. WILMINGTON, (Del.) April 27. Yeilerday arrived at Kew-Caftle ? the ship American, Capt, Ewing, from Londonderry, in five weeks, with 250 paiftngers. Captain Ewing informs, that Capt. Syiveftcr, of the ftiip Wafliington, was to fail from London derry the 2Dth of Apul-r-and that Captain Jefferie-i, of the lliip "Wilmington, was to fall the fame day from Bel fa ft. This morning passed this place, the l'Em bufcade, a French frigate of 38 gnns, the lame which landed the French AmbafTador at Charleston, S. C. We are informed Ihe has brought up two prizes, the brig Little Surah, mounting 14 guns, bound to Jamaica, taken offSenepuxent, and the Ihip Grange, bound to .Liverpool, taken at the Brown, or rather brought back, it being within the limits of the United States. CHARLES'! QN (S. C ) April 15. YeHerday I'Embulc.'de added to Ihe nutr.brr of~pr 1 t't-s already sent in here, by thecaptuie of the Dutch ChipSuccefs, Lang, nialli rjfiorft Bremen, laden with dry goods, iiou,&r. A house of rendezvous lot entering feameh for the French service, was on Saturday opened in Qtteen-fticet, at which the national fi*g was diiplayed ihe greater part of the day. In the evening, however, it was loweied, fa id to be in conftquence of orders from the highclt execu tive au' 1101 it v. Foil Johnson and other points of dcfcrtcc in our harooui, are ordered to be lepaired and fitted up with artillery, &c. in order to prevent or relent any national mful'., as well as all out rages again (it he eftablUhed law of nations. The (hip Su'ecels,of Bremen, whir.h A*as ft nt into this port on Sunday last, as aprize to ihe frigate I'E.ml.ufcade, has b en iclKored to the Matter for the oiiginal owncis. Philadelphia, May 1. The Governor of this Commonwealth has iflued two proclamations ; One, corrobora tive of that iiniect by the i'upreme- executive of the United States—declarative of the neu trality oi' the General Government in the pre sent war ; the other re (petting the treaty ftiortly to be held with the hostile Indians— interdi&ing and prohibiting any hostile iucur fions into the Indian country, until the effedt of the proposed Treaty Hiall he ascertained. Monday afternoon the biig Little Sarah, a prize to the French Frigate I'EmMifcade came op. By the account of a French offi cer on board this prize it appears, that the Grange was taken just in the bay, while un der fail. It feeins to be generally allowed, that /he consequently cannot be considered as a lawful prize. Capt. Hayes of the American Sloop Sally arrived Monday, fays that the Frigate fired at her fcveral times in the bay or river, we do not positively recollett which, to make her ihew her colours and come to. Sunday night the (hip Mary, Capt. Colley, helonging to Newbury port, caught fire— which was not extinguished till the cabin and quarter-deck were consumed. By authentic lettcu from Madrid of the id of March last, we learn that the King of Spain had, on the 271b of February, appointed his Excellency Don Diego de Gardoqui, 10 ncgo ciate wilh ihe Ameiiean Plenipotentiary. L Iters from Cadiz of the 9111 ol Maich men tion, ihai the Frcncb had captured some Sp.'ni(h vclliji, and that there are orders at Cadiz to flop all French vrffels in thut harbour. A soldier was lately {hot at for being concerned in a conlpiracy to rob mutder two of the pavmafters. On the Bth of January lust, Lunardi af-' cerded in a balloonat Madrid, in the pi'efence of their Catholics Majesties, tlw Royal Fa milv, and a great croud oi people offcll ranks- He changed the fignie of his #erollatic globe to that of a temple in the clouds, adorned, with columns and statues, afterwards he; changed it to a Chinese building, with arches' and ftatnes, then to half temple and half; Chine le building, and cafl anchor «t twenty miles from Madrid ; he then proceeded to a y ast height (alruoftout of fight)—at four o'clock he cast anchor again, at 38 mibs from Mad rid, where he ft ripped his balloon oi about 730 yards of tbfc linpfl with which he had made the above mentioned changes ! he then set Oil again, and at. dnfli landed near the ci ty of Orcarco, j6 miles from Madrid. His aerial voyage lailfive hours. On Monday the ijih inft departed th;s life-, in tße£<)th vrai of his age, 'he Re». Ro»**t Smith, D. D. paftn' of'he Piefbyterian cfcurth at Pcquea, and on WedneGday "following hi» re mains were interred in ihr prcfcucc of a.witfif rous concourle of peopte. of various denymina tionsi amongll whom he was generally and highly refpeftcd. The Rev. Nathan Grier, of Brandywinr, (Iflivered an excellent etflOgiutn of the d< ceafrri, and a very affe.ain* address 10 the people upon the occa'.mrt, ..from ad. Kings, 2, >2. 3 8 -3 F-xtra& as a letter from 3ourdcttux t dated Jan. 20. " Grain is now very fearce here, and de manded at the prices below ; alio all articles of provifjoii—and the demand likely to conti nue during the war, or until a plentiful crop lujjplic."? the rmal and imaginary wants. Tlie value of the afiignats have cOnfide r ably depre ciated lately, and exchange on England is now ller.per iivre—uncertain and fluctuating. Articles of fubftftence do not fluctuate with t«e exchange, though it is the thermometer tor molt others. This may be attributed to the system adopted by .the government for procuring their supplies through agents of go vernment, and not in the ordinary channel of comiruj»rt—heat and flour are not higher now than in November, when exchange was 7(1» i»er livre, or thereabout*—Tobacco is ieadVfa'le, and ndt a great proviiion in nva^r- '' 't'here i* a late dccree'of the Convention to arpi immediately 30 fail of the line and 20 frigates, wllith added to the number alieady equipped ul fail of the line and . frigates, will make a ijoiiftderable fleet—The failur carpenters, rone-makers, &c. t.-c. are clafl'ed as UTidei" the former government, and they hive heretofore gone'oifwithout murmuring to the dbck-yafrds, and I think they wjll con tinue t»go, atlk-aft from this and the neigh, boring <4>Jace&i without difficulty. The un dcnvriters refiife all premiums of infurauce. Exchange, fcondon ij| a £ livres. ' Ainfterdam 29J a 30 " Madrid 27 Wheat I'loW . Indian Corn Ktce aj a 24 per BoilTeau. 52 a ,55 per barrel. 12 per BoilTeau. 36 a 38 per Ct. Tobacco 40 a 6:5 per ditto. Whifc Oil V JT a SJ per 3jtto! Sperm. do. 83 aBS ppr'ditto. Vfimle hoaej tort 160 a 200. pit" riitt'j. 7o a 76 per ditroi Pear [ditto' » Si per difcM/' ,-Baet' 63 a 80 per barrel. Pork . 9 0a li° per ditto. Exfrafl of a letter to fieviy Drinker, Hit fit, M. D. and Tench Coxe, of the city of P\i- Ud;/phiii t dated Cooper"s-Town, head of Sufque> kanna i April 9. •* Gentlemen, <* Being convinced that you feci an intercft in the'manufactory ot maple sugar, and that vour wiUu'S and exertions to prevent the drftru&ion of the trees from whence it is produced, have been of public utility, we are encouraged to transmit to'you the lUtemenc we have been able to make frnm a&ual observation, of the quantity of sugar wlrieh has-bern made this fea jfop in the former townlhip of O'fegro, am) whVcft was an entire wilderuefs in 1786. We find, up >n a moderate calculation, that there has been made at least 160,000 lb. which, atgd. per pound, is equal in to 15,000 dollars. This plain demonftratmn of the importance of this article will, we hope, induce you to conti nue your endeavors to promote and encourage if ; and we would submit to your consideration W+ffrfttgf "Er is not an ofajeft of faffieient confe quencc to claim the encouragement of the legis lature of your (Ute." Signed, William Cooper Richard R Smith, Renfel'r Williams, jun. Charles Francis, Lewis de Villcrs, Ebbal. COMMUNICATIONS. " The example of France (fays a writer in the National Gazette) hath {truck terror into Mgovirnmenis 1 ' —the indefinitenefs of this ex pression, plainly implies that the writer con siders all government as injurious ; this is but an old objection of the enemies of public tran quility, new vamped. Thee are persons in she world to whom a// government is intoler able. The provision for paying S'le interest of the public debt has long been a grievance to per sons of a certain description, becanfe the dif charging our obligations, involved the necef fity.of tr.xes and revenue; but thefeconfident poljficiaijs now take it in dudgeon, that the government will not involve the people in in calculable expence, by plunging them in an -tro«*ceffary war ! <, It i* too apparent, that the enemies of the public credit of thi-. country, despairing 0 f fuqeefs in their machinations to overthrow the funding fyfiem, are now attempting to implicate the United States in the war 'aging between France and the combined powers, doubtless expe£ting in that event to be favor ed with an opportunity of executing their fa vorite plan by rendering the public burthens requisite for both objects, infupportable.—lt is impoflibie that the people should not jujlly appreciate such politics. The oldCongrefs had the hardiness to stamp on, their paper money this injunction, mind your bujinefs; how well this applies to our vo lunteer ftatefmcn, it is not difficult to shew ; but, modern politics enntradift the old faying that what is every body's business," is nobody's bnfinefs. When success crowns our enterprizes it is indicative of their having been planned in wisdom. The men who have been the prin cipal agents in conducing the affairs of this count'/to a situation far more eligible and pr«fpero*rt than any ageor nstiotrever before experienced, are, through the favor of Pro vidence at the Helm at this critical juncture in t>;e concerns of Europe. Let experience teatfh us wisdom, and inspire the people with confidence in those who have so long ei joyed their their approbation. If thole who have done worthily for their countiy are rewarded with opprobium and abuse ; 14 the post of ho nor will soon be considered as confined to a private station." A Utter from a <n in to hi> frini in this city, iaud Shrek 18t/i, fays, " It is scarcely possible to convey to you an Adequate idea of the present *ate of Europe. All its Kings, all it* Prieft*>»are combined agiinft the new republic ol'Frincr, aad nu> !>v hundred thousand of msi( are now m arms, to restore Kingly Power, and the influence of the Church in that country. None of the hostile powers have entered into this war with a greater zeai and acrimony tban En gland, the people whereof, at any rate, a great majority of them, are ar, keen for ex terminating Liberty in France, at thcv were formerly for fubjagating Che thirteen Colonies. The Scotch, however, are not so unanimous upon this occafinn, as they were then : a great number in Scotland being ujjainft the war. As to Ireland, I think I may f.ifelji fav,' that two thirds of the people, in their prefeut discontented State of mind, are completely adverse to the present fvftem of English poli tics. As to the French themfelvr'., if they were unanimous at home, they might be a match ferall t ieir enemies. Twq of their General?:, Doinourier and Cuftine, are men ot wonderful fortune and ability : But the queltionable execution of rhcir King, which has estranged many moderate men from their and the horrible diflentions in Paris concluded or excited by the execrable fa<stion of Kohei.'pierre £r Marat,have caused a doubt at least a fear, that the really virtuous men among them, are too few and too weak to carry their upright intentions into effect. In the mean time, the government of Ireland is carrying on a high and flrong band in cou janftion with the Englilh minlfter—A man dare not speak, or fearcelv think, tor fear of the Secret Committee of the Lordi, who have re newed all tie arbitrary proceedings of the Star Chamber. Every man or body of men, who presume to talk of liberty, or a reform of a corrupt Conllitution in Church and State, are prosecuted and persecuted, fined or con fined, or both, after a very fbmmary trial; and the Irish Volunteers, once the glory and the bn:iit r>f their are now. open ly calumniated and pro bribed." lrt>Ni>QN, Mtrch A left?r was received in rnwn on Monday last, (rom Co!. Grinfield of the gtiai'ds, wlio command? at Helvoet, dated Saturday the9th inft. at noon—He ftat«, that on' that mo'ii injr, Dinnourier, after having fired upon the town of Willianiftadt for 24 hours without intermission, with red hot balls, was resolved to make an attempt on the north of the town by water, for which puipofe lie embarked l os hU men in boat*;—Thefe boat" were purl'ued and vigornufly attacked by the Dutch armed boats, and everv one of them funk; not a Tingle Frenchman out of the 13,000 el <4 fi'gftcry this. caped. SHIP NEWS the PORT of PHILADELPHIA. Ship American, £wing, Londonderry Biig Nancy, Harris, Martinique Aurora, Croft, O'Neal, Haves, f nines, Chester, Sloop Sally, Supply, Portvj tforfoH'. April 16, 1703. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Beacons are put down at the following places • Willoughbv-point Beacon, in 4 iathom wa:e»\ The light-hoi)fe bearing from fa id Bc?con, E. by S. 1-2 S. 5 leagues—Back river poinr, N. 1-2 W. 3 leagues—Sand Hill on old Point Comfort, the leading »r.ai k W. by N. a liulc northwardly. Horft-Shoe Beacon, in four t«,thotn water. The light-house bearing from said Beacon, S E. distance 3 leagues—Crump's Hill bearing S. W. Back river, N. W. by W.—Wiliougbby's Bluff bearing W. hy S. Middle-Ground Beacon, in 4 fathom water. The lighr-houfa bearing S by W. f-2 W. dis tance 2 leagues—Smith's Island N. N. E. dis tance 5 leagues—The Hoife-fhoe Beacon W. 1-2 N. diflancc 3 lr*<mee PRICE OF STOCKS. 6 per Cents, 17/6 3 pei Cents, ' gfio Deferred, 10J 6 Full lliares Bank U. S. q per crnt. prem, DEPARTMENT of STATE, to wit. NOTICE is hereby given to pcrfons iuter efted-.in the prooerry or the proceedings ot CLAUDIUS PAUL RAGUETT, a citizen of Pennsylvania, lately rieCeafed, at Bourdeaux, in Franc*, that on application at the Office of the Secretary o( State, they may receive infor mation relative thereto, as • transmitted by Mr. Fen wick, Consul for the United States at Bourdraux, GEORGE TAYLER, jun. Chief Clerk. Philadelphia, April 30, 1793. 3 f Albany Glafs-Houfe. The Pioprictors of the Glafs-Manufackory, under the Firm of M'CLALLEN, .M'GREGQRW.Cq^ BEG leave to inlorm the public, that they have now brought the:r WINDOW-GLASS to such perfection, as will be found, on comparison, to be equal, in quality, to the bell London Crown Glass. Having fixed their piic*s at a lower rare than imported Glass, they are induced to believe, that importationsbf this article wiU be difcoi»iinned t in proportion as their works are extended.-— They piopofc ;o enlarge the fcalf of this busi ness, and as the fucce.fs of it will depend on the patriotic support of the public, they beg leave tp solicit their in the purfpit of a branch which will intered every lover of AMEKICAN Manufactures. All orders for Window-Glass, of any size, will he received at the Store of Rhodes a nil MacGregor, No. 234, Queen-ftreci, New* York, and at the Glass Wa r ehouse, No. 48, Market-street, Albany, which will be puu£tual)y attended to. &T WANTED, fix smart aftiye LADS, not exceeding 16 vears of age, to be indented as Apprentices, and regularly inftrufted in the various b'afiches of Glass Making. Also, three Window-Glass Maker*,to whoifc great efttouragement vrrji be #iven. 'Vfrj »I 1793. Char'ennn Halifax St. Croix Bermuda epiaw
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